Principal GIS Specialist

Principal GIS Specialist

Company Description

Our mission is to enable nature and business to thrive together.

The independent consultancy, chosen by clients as their preferred specialists and regarded by people as the company to work for. We aim to be the most innovative, pragmatic and fast-growing environmental consultancy in the UK.

With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering exceptional outcomes to our clients across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting.

Our services include but are not limited to: terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, marine laboratory, habitat management, arboricultural services, geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping, environmental impact assessments.

Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Principal GIS Specialist to lead our GIS team. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for fostering the growth of our GIS business, overseeing complex projects and providing expert technical services. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of our GIS service while working with a talented and dedicated team.

As a solutions-focussed specialist, you will support the wider team, acting as a role model and providing guidance and management. You will represent Thomson externally, building relationships with prospective and existing clients, and will be responsible for the financial performance of your team.

If you are a proactive, experienced GIS professional with leadership skills and a passion for developing relationships, we would love to hear from you.

Salary up to £50,000 per annum.

Requirements

This role requires a combination of high skill and technical expertise alongside leadership and work-winning acumen.

Key requirements include:

Experience in winning new work, gaining new clients and maintaining strong client relationships.

The ability to oversee large and complex projects involving technically complex work whilst providing high quality deliverables for clients within allocated time and budget constraints for yourself and your team.

Experience in leading a team, demonstrably being a role model and inspiring confidence.

The ability to manage and deliver a team budget.

At Thomson we support hybrid working arrangements, employees can work a mix of remote and office working. We have office locations in Guildford, Birmingham (Kenilworth), Leeds, Cardiff, Manchester and Ipswich.

Other information

Working at Thomson

At Thomson, we strive to be the very best at what we do, both in the eyes of our customers and our colleagues. We believe in One Thomson; we draw on and value every individual s unique skills and experience to come together and support each other in delivering an exceptional service.

Our people are our greatest asset. We want Thomson to be a great place to work, where everyone feels supported to be the best they can be. We are proud of our friendly, supportive, nothing is too much trouble culture. We live and breathe our RISE (Respect, Integrity, Support, Excellence) values. Your opinions matter to us; we are constantly evolving.

We promote a healthy work-life balance to ensure we have an engaged, productive and happy team. We are flexible and committed and welcome new challenges.

We recognise the importance in training and developing our team as well as offering a competitive pay and reward package.

Involving ourselves in our local communities is important to us and we are proud of our continued achievements in fund raising for charity. We work hard but have fun too.

We are passionate about career development so we make sure we nurture talent. Our people benefit from access to a diverse range of industry-accredited external training, as well as in-house training opportunities led by our specialists. The variety of projects we deliver across the breadth of environmental services encourages cross-team working and collaboration. We can offer you the opportunity to contribute to and lead on high-profile, once in a life-time projects.

You ll enjoy all the benefits we have to offer which include: 25 days annual leave, healthcare cash plan, enhanced stakeholder pension scheme, life insurance, discounted gym membership, paid professional memberships, clothing allowance, outstanding performance rewards, long service awards, free parking and regular local and company social events.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As an equal opportunities employer, Thomson is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to and join Thomson.

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